FishDr Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Congrats on a potential WR pikeminnow. I'm jealous - those are really neat fish! Yeah, they eat trout, but then, what fish that we throw swimbaits at doesn't? I would be thrilled to the gills to get a DD pikeminnow! They are really neat fish - no teeth in their mouths but a set of wicked ginzu-knife style blades in their throats. I've seen one in an aquarium suck in a goldfish and spit out goldfish steaks that looked like they were cut with a cleaver. I've never caught one bigger than about 7 lbs, but the ones I've caught hit like freight trains (ambush predators) and run and jump. Jace D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace D Posted February 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 7 hours ago, FishDr said: Congrats on a potential WR pikeminnow. I'm jealous - those are really neat fish! Yeah, they eat trout, but then, what fish that we throw swimbaits at doesn't? I would be thrilled to the gills to get a DD pikeminnow! They are really neat fish - no teeth in their mouths but a set of wicked ginzu-knife style blades in their throats. I've seen one in an aquarium suck in a goldfish and spit out goldfish steaks that looked like they were cut with a cleaver. I've never caught one bigger than about 7 lbs, but the ones I've caught hit like freight trains (ambush predators) and run and jump. Ya man, I can’t really complain about the fight. They hit hard and pull like a truck. Just makes you a little disappointed when you thought you finally had a DD or teener bass on and this big slimy thing comes up. LOL! Collin caught one last year in a tournament that was the biggest I’ve ever seen. It made this one look like a dink. Never weighed it but it had to be 17+. I really think that these ones we’re catching on swimbaits are some of the biggest ones in the world and should be seen as trophy catches but since we’re not targeting them we just aren’t all that thrilled. CaliBassin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badfish562 Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 absolute unit of a squaw Jace D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta_fisher Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hell. Yes. Truly endemic predator. Love catching squaws! Except when your in a tournament and think you just hooked big fish lol Jace D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjoutdoors Posted February 27, 2020 Report Share Posted February 27, 2020 Good luck, hope it goes through Jace D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhit162 Posted February 28, 2020 Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 2:46 AM, chefchris said: How do they fight? We don’t have those out here in New England I always enjoyed catching them ... they will eat about anything and are a blast in small rivers on fly gear. Jace D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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